Claw-hammer head



April 28, 1925.

1,535,685 L. O. RANDELL ET AL CLAW HAMMER'HEAD Filed June 9, 1924LI/ZWZLJTJI [229w a'manzzax/ ejj J Patented Apr. 28, 1925 UNITED STTESPATENT OFFICE.

LEON OSMONID BANDELL AND REGINALD HARVEY RAPLY, OF GLENMORE, AUCKLAND,

- NEW ZEALAIN'ID.

CLAW-HAMMER HEAD.

Application filed June 9,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEON OsMoND RAN- DELL and REGINALD HARVEY RArLY,sub jects of the King of Great Britain, residing at 37 Aitken Terrace,Glemnore, Auckland, in the Dominion of New Zealand, have invented newand useful Improvements in Claw-Hammer Heads, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to the well known type of claw hammer used bycarpenters and others. These hammers as generally made hitherto, do notallow of the claw being satisfactorily used in the drawing of tacks orsmall nails, as the claw grip cannot be worked in under the headsthereof owing to its size. These hammer heads also lack lei *eragecapacity in the drawing of large nails.

The object of the present invention is to provide a construction ofhammer head that will obtain the twofold purpose of making adequateprovision for the withdrawal? of small nails and tacks and also ofproviding a heel or raised fulcrum upon which the hammer may be leveredwhen drawing large nails.

The invention therefore consists in constructing the hammer head with asecond and small claw formed by a pair of prongs arranged to projectoutwards and upwards in a curve from the top of the hammer head at aposition to the rear of the main claw and forward of the handle socket.The said prongs extend in the same line as those of the main claw.

This construction is shown in the acoompanying drawings, in which 2--Figure 1 is a side elevation, and

Figure 2 is a plan of a hammer head made in accordance herewith.

In carrying out the invention, the ham- 1924. Serial No. 718,933.

mer head A is made in the usual manner with its claw members B curvingfrom one end, but is also made with an additional and small claw Cpositioned between the main claw and the handle socket D, upon theoutside surface of the head. This small claw is made by forming twoprongs so that the curve outward from the main claw surface and extendin the same direction as the main claw, sufficient pitch or clearancebeing given such ,prongs to allow for a tack head or small nail headpassing in between them and the surface of the main claw. The spacebetween the two prongs is also made of the V shape shown in Figure 2.

These prongs C also serve as a fulcrum upon which the hammer head may belevered when using the large claw in drawing nails, etc., and by reasonof the fulcrum being close up to the main claw, a much wider range ofleverage is obtained and consequently greater power in the drawing ofsuch nails.

We olai1n:

A claw hammer head provided with a main claw projecting from one endthereof, and also constructed with a smaller and auxiliary claw whichprojects from the same end and in the same direction as the main claw;said auxiliary claw being located at the base of the main claw but atthe opposite side thereof from the handle socket, so that it forms afulcrum whereon the head directly rocks when the main claw is engaged inextracting a large nail.

In testimony whereof, we afiix our signatures.

REGINALD HARVEY RAPLY.

LEON OSMOND RANDELL. VJitnesses:

Josnrn STONLEIGH MOAVEN,

DAVID BROWN HUTTON.

